quickly and with force. nearly a week after the earthquake in haiti victims in the some of hardest hit areas are still waiting for help. we have a special report from cuba where we find out what happened to the hundreds of people arrested in the first anti government protests in decades plus, keeping busy during an unwanted intermission. how the cast of mamma mia found themselves working odd jobs during lockdown now they re ready to go again. hello and welcome to the programme: we re drawing to the end of a seismic week for the people of afghanistan, and those who have served there during america s 20 year military involvement. evacuation flights are continuing from the international airport at kabul, with nato officials saying that 18 thousand people have now been airlifted out since the taliban took over. have now been airlifted out many more are trying desperately to escape. our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani and cameraman malik mu dassir, have this report f
in greece, as firefighters continue to battle an unprecedented outbreak of wildfires. it s gold medal number 20 for team gb asjoe choong takes top spot in the men s modern pentathlon. while india s have got theirfirst ever athletics gold medal at the olympics neeraj chopra winning the javelin. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. britain s first gold of the games in boxing galal yafai wins in style in the men s flyweight. another day, another gold in the modern pentathlon for team gb thanks to history makerjoe choong. and tom daley adds a bronze to his collection as the medals keep coming on the penultimate day of tokyo 2020. also coming up in the programme. it s the deciding test, we ll have the latest from the lions against south africa in cape town. and a maginficent century from joe root gives england a chance against india. hello and welcome to sportsday. team gb have theirfirst boxing gold of the tokyo ol
britain are now on 20 golds. it was tense and nervy, but ultimately heartbreaking for the lions in the decider in south africa. jack grealish makes his manchester city debut but leicester take the community shield. hello and welcome to sportsday. just one day left at the tokyo olympic games and great britain have won a further five medals, including two golds, on day 15. the flyweight boxer galal yafai won britain s first gold in the men s flyweight division, since 1956, whilejoe choong triumphed, in the men s modern penthathlon. and there was more success, for the diver tom daley. here s natalie pirks. what a moment for galal yafai. from working in a carfactory in what a moment for galal yafai. from working in a car factory in solihull to fulfil your olympic dream. it has been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. been quite the six year ascent for galalyafai. in been quite the six year ascent for galal yafai. in the men s flyweight final, carlo paalam stood on his wa
plus, how high flying criminals were brought back down to earth by one feisty parrot. hello and welcome. we start in washington and the first hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol. it got under way earlier today. police officers have been giving harrowing first hand accounts of what happened that day to a congressional panel, set up to investigate the siege. opening the session, the chairman of the committee said the events that day were a co ordinated attempt to derail the peaceful transfer of power. one of the officers who testified was michael fanone, who was violently attacked and beaten by the mob. a warning you may find some of his words distressing. they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripped me of my radio, they seized ammunition that was secured to my body. they began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects. at one point, i came face to face with an attacker, who repeatedly lunged for me and attempted to remove m
cases and hospitalizations there spike. the university of california now planning to bar most unvaccinated students and faculty from in-person classes. the uc system includes ten campuses, about five medical centers with more than 280,000 students statewide. and as we ve seen before, cases rise, vaccination pace also falling right now. it is now down about 75% in just the last two months. and that is why the surgeon general just yesterday at the white house revealing that he lost ten family members to the pandemic also saying that as a father he is also waiting to vaccinate his younger children. he declared the onslaught of misinformation on social media a public health hazard. millions of people don t have access to accurate information because on social media platforms and other tech platforms, we re seeing the rampant spread of misinformation and it is costing people their lives. tech companies will say that they have taken some steps forward and they have, but we need